Specific regional projects backed in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review and Autumn Budget have been revealed.
The Budget Report, a 197-page dossier laid in the House of Commons as the speech began, features huge transport plans for West and South Yorkshire, while the Humber freeport is named as one of three to start operations next month.
Addressing Yorkshire and Humber, Mr Sunak said: “This Government has made it this Budget’s priority to invest in stronger public services, level up opportunity, drive business growth and help working families with the cost of living.
Read more: The key announcements in the Autumn Budget
“Around £830 million will go to West Yorkshire and £570 million to South Yorkshire to expand and enhance local transport networks, including the Sheffield Supertram renewal. “People will also benefit from £31 million in investment through the Transforming Cities Fund to improve stations and walking and cycling access in Selby, Skipton and Harrogate.”
A further £187 million will be invested in 10 projects in the first tranche of allocation from the Levelling Up Fund.
These include:
Building a major waterfront extension in Doncaster
The refurbishment of Halifax Swimming Pool
New hospitality and visitor centres at Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham
Finishing the Culture and Leisure Quarter in Rotherham Town Centre
Improving transport connections across West Leeds
Converting a derelict site in Wakefield into a new museum and gallery
Delivering the Centre for Child Health Technology in Attercliffe
Regenerating Whitefriargate and Albion Square in Hull City Centre
Developing Squire Lane Leisure, Wellbeing and Enterprise Centre in Bradford.
Regenerating Castlegate Quarter in Sheffield.
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The Community Ownership Fund will invest £225,000 to the Jubilee Centre in Bradford.
Wider announcements include more than £171 million of local roads maintenance funding between 2022-23 and 2024-25 “enough to fill over two million potholes over the next three years” and more than £33 million for smaller transport improvement priorities through the Integrated Transport Block to local authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber not receiving City Region settlements.
Mr Sunak also signed-off:
A total of £16 million for the Northern Forest to support new woodland creation.
£390,000 towards the regeneration of the Beech Hill estate in Halifax, Calderdale, from the £14 million estates regeneration share of the Brownfield Land Release Fund.
Up to £50,000 each through the Restore Your Railway ‘Ideas Fund’ to develop three early-stage proposals to reinstate passenger rail links between Beverley and York, Stocksbridge and Sheffield Victoria (Don Valley Line) and on the Askern Branch Line.
£77 million for the redevelopment of the British Library Boston Spa.
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